Schmidt, who attended Rose’s meeting with Selig in November 2002, details the session in his book “Clearing the Bases,” published Wednesday by Harper Collins and due to be in stores by mid-March.

“Pete’s confession lacked one major thing in Bud’s mind: remorse,” Schmidt wrote. “I spoke to Bud later, and he told me he got the confession he had expected, but not the expression of genuine remorse he had hoped for.”